Project Planning

Before starting the planning phase, you complete the initiation phase. What steps do stakeholders or the clients take during the initiation phase?

• Stakeholders assign a project manager, review risk management tools, and approve the budget

• Stakeholders assign a project manager, determine the scope and deliverables, and select the team

• Stakeholders assign a project manager, select the tools to manage the project, view meeting notes, and approve the budget.

• Stakeholders assign a project manager, approve goals, determine the scope and deliverables, and approve the project charter

Which of the following is the best way to communicate a high-level risk to stakeholders?

• Describe the risks in a weekly planning email and briefly explain your plan to mitigate them

• Meet with stakeholders in person to present serious risks and your plans to mitigate them.

• Describe the risks and your mitigation plan to stakeholders the next time you see them in person

• Plan to present the risks and your mitigation plans at the next monthly meeting.

Imagine that your company is considering using a vendor. The vendor makes quality products, but you have learned they have a reputation for shipping delays. Ultimately, you decide to use a different vendor. Which risk mitigation strategy did you use??

• Avoid the risk

• Reduce the risk

• Control the risk

• Accept the risk

Fill in the blank: When creating a work breakdown structure (WBS), a project manager should focus on _____ rather than actions.

• Timeline

• Deliverables

• Teammate strength

• Budget

As a project manager practicing risk management, you’ve already identified the risk. Now, you’re determining the likelihood and potential impact the risk will have on your project. Which risk management step does this represent?

• Avoid risks

• Monitor and control risks

• Analyze risks

• Treat risks

What are the benefits of a Gantt chart? Select all that apply

• It displays comments from stakeholders

• It features the start and end dates of each task

• It’s a highly visual representation of the project’s tasks

• It has a clear breakdown of who’s responsible for what work

• It shows when tasks are due for a project

What tools can a project manager use to account for issues that may cause a project delay? Select all that apply.

• Task buffer

• Gantt chart

• Sub-tasks

• Project buffer

Suppose that as a project manager, you’re running a kick-off meeting. During the meeting, you give examples of tasks that you consider part of the project, and tasks you consider not part of the project. What agenda section does this represent?

• Roals

• Background

• Goals and Scope

• Questions

Fill in the blank: After the stakeholders assign the project manager, the goals of the project have to be approved, as well as the scope of the project and its _____.

• Manager

• Tools

• Vendor

• Deliverables

Which of the following are included in the project plan? Select all that apply.

• People

• Documentation

• Time

• Retrospective

• Tasks